Vehicle-tire.



No. 818,400. I PATENTED APR.17, 1906.

R. WRIGHTi VEHICLE TIRE.

[N-VENTOR Altomey S W/TNE 5 7/ No. 818,400. PATENTED APR. 1'7, 1906.

' R. WRIGHT.

VEHICLE TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31.1905.

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GUM/40 W Attorngys 'State of Ohio, have UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- ROBERT WRIGHT, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

VEHICLE-TIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 17, 1906.

Application filed July 31, 1905, Serial No. 271,998.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that 1, ROBERT WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and invented new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Tires, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ticularly suitable for use on includes an armored tire in which the armor may be removed when desired, and also includes means for increasing the resiliency of the tireand for securing the various arts vehicle-tires parthereof to the wheel-rim.- It'has the a vantages that the armor may be quickly attached mor, or it may be converted into a solidsection'a'l tire.

' fell hon-spring 3, (shown in Fi with aplurality of cross loops or folds, as in-. dicated at 3.

' In the acccompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side-elevation ofawheel provided with the tire, parts-being shown broken away. Fig. 2 is a section on'the line 2 2 in Fig. 1. a section on line 3 3 of Fig. '1. Fig. 4 is an edge View of part of the tire, Fig. 5 is a perspective View of a metal spring used in the construction of the tire. Fig. 6 is a detail illustrating a modification.

Referringspecifically to the drawings, the

ordinary wooden spokes of an automobile.-

wheel are indicated at 1 and the wooden wardly-projecting flange 21 and is threaded at the other end to receive a rin .-nut 14 be hind a washer13: Thevnut is he (1 by screws 15. Mounted on this metal shell is a ribg. 5,) provided These folds are bent or extend mwardl with respect to ,the circumferential plane 0 the band or spring and rest upon the shell 20, to which they are fixed by olts 8, through the shell and as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

which extend also through the felly, The band. 3 forms I is preferably a pneumatic tire. This tire fits upon the. outer portions of the band 3 and is held thereon by a series of solid pieces of rubber i, which have expanded bases fitting within the folds 3 of the-sp g-band and enlarged heads which fit w1th1n a propriate recesses formed in the inner side 0 the tire 5. These 1 P r-pieces 4 run entirely across the tire on serve to the tire'to the s ring-band and also to prevent creeping or gisarrangeautomobiles, and

and detached, and it can be used without ar-' Fig. 31sv at 2. Over the, felly is fitted a metal she lor ring 20, which has at one end-an outserves to cushion the tire with respect to-t e rim, and thus, it is believed, will increase the I f a resilient or flexible support for the main rubber tire'5, which ment of the tire with'respectjthereto. Side- -wise movement of the tire or the plugs 4 is prevented by the-fian'ge-ZI and the washer 13 on the ring- 20.

In the outer side or periphery of the tire 5 similar expanded or undercut recesses are formed to receive ribs 6, formed on the under side of solid-rubber blocks 6, and fitting upon the blocks 6 is a metal ribbon-spring 16, which forms anarmor pla-te and which has expanded cross folds or loops 1 6*, extending inwardly loops 3* above detherefrom similar to the scribed, and the laterally-extending portions of these loops fit under the ends of the rubber blocks 6, 'as shown, whereby the ribbon 16 is held in place. .Also fitting within the expanded, loops ofthe band 16 are solid-rubber blocks 7, havingenlarged bases to fit the tire, and its folded construction, in connec-' tion with the solid-rubber blocks, does not interfere with the resiliency of the. tire, but rather increases the same.

and lengthi The wholetire. can be slipped ofi the folly by removing thebolts 8 and the ring-nut 14. .Thearmor can be taken off by removing the plates 9,-after whichjthe tire '5 'canbe'used vwlthout the armor, if "desired, tion of the blocks 6 'as shown in .'F1g...6. These blocks meet at the endsto form aprac? tically solid rim or tire-section. The S 1 '3 life of the tire and also its'resiliency.

at I clann as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isp 1. The combination .With a wheel-rim, and a rubber tire, having recesses in its inner wall, of a-spring-metal band secured to the rim and particularly by the subsmu extending around between the and the tire-and having crossfolds expanded to produce enlargedrecesses, and plugs with exanded heads'and bases fitting 1n the recesses 1n the tire and band respectively; I I

2. The combination with a w eel-rim, of a fiat metal ringthereon having a flange at one end and a removable ring-nut at the other, a spring-band having cross-folds, extending around and secured upon the ring, and a rubber tire upon said band.

3. The combination with a wheel-tire, of an armor-band com rising a metal ribbon extending around and secured to.th e tread of the tire andbent to form a series of crossloops, and rubber plugs fitting within said' loops.

4'. The combination with a wheel tire having undercut cross-recesses in the tread, of an armor thereon having retaining-ribs fitting in said recesses.

5. The combination with a wheel-tire having undercut cross-recesses in the tread, of a metal band extending around the tire and having expanded cross-folds, rubber connecting-plu s fitting in said recesses and in the inner fol s, and rubber tread-plugs fitting in the outer folds.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

, ROBERT WRIGHT.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. BOMMl-IARDT, SHIRLEY BOMMHARDT. 

